Piedmont Pediatrics

02/21/2026

Thank you to for recommending that “children are vaccinated in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2026 Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule.”

More at VDH.Virginia.gov/immunization/

We are thankful for our public health partners - keeping the children and our communities in VA safe from vaccine-preventable diseases. ❤️🙌

02/21/2026

02/21/2026

“Measles is among the most contagious of viruses. In 2026 so far, almost half of states have reported cases. Yet it’s left largely to each state to decide how much infectious disease reporting to require about it.

‘We don’t think we are getting an accurate picture at all of how these illnesses are impacting our community,’ Linda Bell, the South Carolina state epidemiologist, said at a briefing last month. ‘We’re just not getting a picture of that now with the small number of hospitalizations that are known to us.’

That leaves doctors like Bragg advising patients, including vaccine-resistant parents, without the benefit of confirmed, real-time data about how many South Carolinians have been hospitalized with measles. Severe complications include pneumonia, dehydration and a potentially life-threatening brain swelling called encephalitis.

‘It’s a very big disservice to the public not reporting complications we are seeing in hospitals or even ERs,’ Bragg said. ‘Measles isn’t just a cold.’

ProPublica contacted state health agencies across the South and found most do not require hospitals to report measles-related admissions. Alabama does. So does Virginia, although it doesn’t release that data to the public. Like South Carolina, North Carolina and Texas don’t require reporting of hospitalizations, but epidemiologists can identify them during case investigations.”

Physicians across South Carolina, home to the largest measles outbreak in decades, are advising patients without the benefit of real-time data on hospitalizations due to measles-related pneumonia, brain swelling and other serious complications.

02/21/2026

Yay Virginia! 💙💚

02/20/2026

02/20/2026

Thank you Dr. Webb for advocating for all of us in Virginia.

02/20/2026

Look “Hoos” for the 2026 AAP Childhood Immunization Schedule. All of us at Piedmont Peds believe in these important and lifesaving vaccines! 💙

02/19/2026

Thank you for this important reminder. Vitamin K is safe and protects our newborns from potentially devastating bleeding. Please don’t refuse the Vitamin K dose in the nursery - it is a demonstrated lifesaver.

02/19/2026

“Some advocates for people with autism don’t understand that decision. ‘It may be an older page, but those warnings are still necessary,’ said Zoe Gross, a director at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, a nonprofit policy organization run by and for autistic people. ‘People are still being preyed on by these alternative treatments like chelation and chlorine dioxide. Those can both kill people.’ “

The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It's part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to discredit long-established science.

02/18/2026

02/18/2026

02/18/2026

Sleep disorders in children may present as behavioral insomnia, night terrors, sleepwalking, teeth grinding, bed-wetting, or .

Recognizing symptoms, such as snoring, gasping, or persistent sleep difficulties, and implementing consistent bedtime routines can help address underlying issues and support .

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